LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scenarist, LLC, the developer of Hollywood-standard Ultra HD Blu-ray
Disc authoring systems based in Marin County, California today announced
that it is collaborating with a global group of industry partners and
UHDG focus group members to develop the workflows and tools for
authoring of Dolby VisionTM enabled Ultra HD Blu-ray. The
combined effort will establish a benchmark for the creation of
commercial worldwide releases in the newly launched format that will
feature the most exciting video quality that has ever been available to
movie lovers in the living room.

“Scenarist’s breadth of experience and commitment to the professional
authoring industry is reflective of their eminent ability to establish
Dolby Vision workflows for Ultra HD Blu-ray,” said Curt Behlmer, SVP
Content Solutions and Industry Relations, Dolby Laboratories. “Scenarist
UHD has already been widely adopted as a commercial authoring tool for
Ultra HD Blu-ray and we are excited to work with Scenarist to enable
Dolby Vision title creation for their authoring facility customers
worldwide.”

Dolby Vision for Ultra HD Blu-ray includes a 100% compatible HDR 10-bit
video stream playable in all Ultra HD Blu-ray format players. An Ultra
HD Blu-ray title with Dolby Vision, when played in a Dolby Vision
enabled player and connected to a Dolby Vision enabled display, yields a
12-bit video quality image with an expanded dynamic range and remarkable
color depth, along with dynamic metadata to ensure an accurate
presentation of the creative intent approved by the film maker. Combined
with Ultra HD Blu-ray’s massive data rate, Dolby Vision titles will
deliver an unsurpassed home entertainment experience.

“We are very excited to be part of the effort with Scenarist to
standardize the requirements for authoring Dolby Vision enabled titles
with Scenarist UHD,” said Raja Sahi, CTO at Radius 60 Studios LLC, a
major content prep, authoring facility, and OTT distributor in Los
Angeles, California. “Our major motion picture studio clients are always
pushing the envelope on image quality and creativity, and the team at
Scenarist is always there to help us meet these increasing demands.”

“We are delighted to be working with Dolby and our global authoring and
technology partners to establish industry benchmarks for creating Dolby
Vision-enabled Ultra HD Blu-ray titles,” said Chris Neely, managing
partner at Scenarist, LLC in Marin County, California. “We expect Dolby
Vision to deliver the very best video experience possible on Ultra HD
Blu-ray disc, and Scenarist UHD is there to enable our customers to
address the strong demand from studios and content distributors to
release Ultra HD Blu-ray titles with Dolby Vision.”

Scenarist will be holding private demonstrations of Scenarist UHD at the
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas from
April 18-21st in a private suite located at the Renaissance
Hotel next to the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Contact info@scenarist.com
for more information.

About Scenarist, LLC

Scenarist, LLC, located in Marin County, California, is the world’s
leading developer of professional authoring technology since 1995.
Scenarist products enable major motion picture companies, high-end
authoring facilities, producers and independent content holders to
release titles on media formats including DVD-Video, Blu-ray Disc and
Ultra HD Blu-ray. The company’s products are the "gold standard" in
Hollywood because they provide unparalleled authoring access to format
specification and enable the highest level of creative control for the
most demanding titles. Today, the majority of commercially released
titles worldwide have been created using Scenarist. www.scenarist.com